Oliver Evans
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"Oliver Evans" was an American inventor, engineer and businessman. A pioneer in the fields of automation, materials handling and steam power, Evans was one of the most prolific and influential inventors in the early years of the United States. He left behind a long series of accomplishments, from designing or building the first fully automated industrial process; high-pressure steam engine; and amphibious vehicle (albeit crude).

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People did not even then like to eat dirt, if they could see it.

Why not make steam engines like that!

It frequently happens that two persons, reasoning right on a mechanical subject, think alike and invent the same thing without any communication with each other.